2025 CTLG wrap | Ranges roll on by eclipsing Suns
EASTERN Ranges made it three wins from four matches to start the Coates Talent League Girls season with a hard-fought victory over a gallant Gold Coast Suns Academy outfit. The Suns were missing a couple of key stars for the clash, but nonetheless put up a fight throughout the four quarters before Eastern came away […]
2025 VFLW Round 3 | Ladder begins to take shape
SOME massive wins and a couple of genuine contenders have emerged after Round 3 of the VFL Women’s with AFLW-listed players slowly filtering out ahead of their own preseasons. ROUND 3 RESULTS Collingwood 4.2 (26) defeated by Western Bulldogs 6.13 (49)Darebin 1.1 (7) defeated by Port Melbourne 8.5 (53)Essendon 5.5 (35) defeated North Melbourne Werribee […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Ava Bibby
ATHLETIC key position players come in high demand, and Bendigo Pioneers’ tall Ava Bibby fits that mould. The Sandhurst prospect took her game up a notch thanks to a confidence-boosting five-goal haul and never looked back, also rotating into the ruck, and has even spent time behind the ball as well. We spoke to Bibby […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Nalu Brothwell
ONE HALF of a damaging duo, Nalu Brothwell is the forward half of the Dandenong Stingrays’ Brothwell twins having impressed as an athletic marking player inside 50. Sharing the field with sister Mizuki – often found up the other end – Brothwell is a newcomer to football compared to her peers, and has wasted no […]
2025 CTL | Round 5 Player of the Week: Daniel Annable
QUEENSLAND has made it back-to-back Player of the Week nominations from the Coates Talent League Boys’ competition after Brisbane Lions Academy star midfielder Daniel Annable earned the nod in Round 5. Following on from Gold Coast Suns Academy’s Max Hudson last week, Annable was a class above during the Lions Academy’s big win over Tasmania […]
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
ALL FIVE Northern Academy sides – including the Northern Territory – were in action across Round 5 of the Coates Talent League Boys competition with a nail-biter to start the round and then mostly blowouts on the Sunday. Catch up on how all the six games went down.
2025 CTLG | Round 4 Player of the Week: Ava Deszcz
GIPPSLAND Power bottom-ager Ava Deszcz booted five goals in her side’s impressive 59-point win over Western Jets to earn our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination for Round 4. Her five goal haul was second to only the previously nominated Bailee Martin (seven) as she proved a true force inside 50. Deszcz […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Aleah Stringer
GOLD Coast Suns Academy is not short on talent, and while the National Academy members will – deservedly – earn plaudits, the Suns have a host of players outside that core in draft contention. One of those is smart half-forward Aleah Stringer who plays the modern day hybrid role between midfield and attack and has […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R4 – Devils return home
TASMANIA Devils will look to bounce back after their first game loss to Sydney Swans Academy when they welcome the Brisbane Lions Academy tomorrow morning in the first game of the Coates Talent League Girls Round 4.
AFLW Draft Q&A: Lottie Almond
RECENT SANFL Women’s debutant Lottie Almond has always had a love for football so when her opportunity came around, she took it with both hands. After biding her time through the local leagues, she moved into Norwood juniors, got a second chance in the State Academy over the summer and on the weekend cracked in […]
